1949 Penn Quakers football team

The 1949 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 159 to 118.[1] The team won its first four games and was ranked No. 9 in the AP Poll before losing its last four games and dropping out of the AP Poll. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1949 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record4–4
Head coachGeorge Munger (12th season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Army      9 0 0
Brown      8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell      8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova      8 1 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Buffalo      6 3 0
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Princeton      6 3 0
Fordham      5 3 0
Tufts      5 3 1
Carnegie Tech      5 3 1
Penn State      5 4 0
Temple      5 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Yale      4 4 0
Boston College      4 4 1
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 3 1
Duquesne      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 5 2
NYU      3 6 0
Columbia      2 7 0
Colgate      1 8 0
Harvard      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
October 1DartmouthW 21–0
October 8at PrincetonNo. 20Princeton, NJ (rivalry)W 14–13
October 15Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–7
October 22NavyNo. 14
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–7
October 29PittsburghNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 21–22
November 5 No. 19 VirginiaNo. 20
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–26
November 12 No. 2 Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–14
November 24 No. 20 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 21–29
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "1949 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
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